Mr. President. because New York has long been a leader in the field of legislation to protect the migrant farmworker. I am pleased to support the legislation which we consider today. and the bills which the Senate passed yesterday. Each summer. approximately 30.000 migrant farmworkers enter New York to spend the summer harvesting crops. Because they perform a service vital to the economy of our State. the people of New York have enacted laws to protect them against exploitation. unsanitary and unsafe working conditions. and to provide care and education for their children. New York State already requires the registration of crew leaders588 such contractors were registered in 1961.